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Ogden family coping with young son's diagnosis of rare genetic disease
OGDEN — Until very recently, 7-year-old Davian Navarro was enjoying a relatively normal childhood. The Ogden boy loves to go to school, play with his friends and skateboard, according to his mother, Jessica Gillard. He also loves Halloween and has designs on dressing up as both Spider-Man and a Philadelphia Eagles football player this year. Davian's life changed forever this summer, though, when he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease — adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD — which causes progressive neurodegenerative decline. "He started having some behavior issues at school, and ...
